I'm currently reading this book, and I can say it is a great book. Though mostly from the American perspective it is fair to the British and doesn't show them as evil or idiots. Its portrayal of Knox, Greene, and Washington is excellent.
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“The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.”
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Is it captivating?
I love to get into my books
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My uncle, who was a history major before becoming a lawyer, recomended this book to me. I have yet to read it thoug.
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I've also read that book...took me like two months in July and August last year. I think it's very well written and gives a really unbiased history of what really went on. One of the best at that, in my opinion.
Under the honorable patronage of Kscott
University of Maryland Class of 2007
"Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity." -Ovid
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1776 by David McCullough is one of the best books that I have ever read, excluding the mans other works. I suggest the following:1776, John Adams, Truman, Mornings on Horseback : The Story of an Extraordinary Faimly, a Vanished Way of Life and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt. All by McCullough, very informative, and excellant reads for the regular non-historian.
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It's a fantastic book that provides a compelling narrative, and makes the founding fathers feel like humans. I found myself becoming attatched to Washington and other generals on a very personal level.
